Commentary
Acute medicine at the hospital front door: A Singapore health system priority
Hospital crowding is a visible and recurrent pressure in Singapore’s public hospitals. Although most apparent as emergency department congestion, it also reflects how patients...
Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore: Integrating education, practice, and research in a modern healthcare...
Introduction
Complementary medicine refers to a non-mainstream therapeutic approach used alongside Western medicine (WM) to improve outcomes, with acupuncture alone and the full range of...
Training for constraint in Southeast Asia: Rethinking adaptive expertise in a region of contrasts
Modern clinical training frequently unfolds in hospitals filled with advanced tools, automated systems, digital platforms, and highly structured workflows. These settings are efficient and...
Interpreting multivariable regression coefficients in observational clinical research: The Table 2 fallacy
An adjusted regression table can make a modelling decision look like a clinical finding. In many observational studies, the row of interest is the...
Lessons from Discover-NOW programme: Transforming chronic kidney disease care in North West London
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health emergency, resulting in significant health and economic burden. In Singapore, the prevalence of CKD is 15.6%,...
Serving as a medical expert witness: Avoiding common errors and potential pitfalls
With rising education levels and affluence in Singapore, there has been an increase in the public’s expectation for high standards of medical care, and...
Conversational AI and psychosis: A technological folie à deux
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has shown considerable promise in many fields of medicine. The use of machine learning algorithms and their ability to learn...
From screening to action: Overcoming challenges in musculoskeletal care
Musculoskeletal disorders are a leading cause of disability worldwide.1 Conditions such as physical frailty, osteosarcopenia, mobility decline and falls affect millions of people and...
Different faces of atrial septal aneurysm
Atrial septal aneurysm (ASA) is a well-recognised abnormality on the echocardiogram with a prevalence rate of 2–3%. It is a mobile, localised saccular deformity...
The importance of multi-level resilience in healthcare systems in small countries like Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical importance of developing resilient health systems that can adapt to crises while maintaining essential healthcare functions. The World...